Trunk-binder.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

J. P. WALES. TRUNK BINDER. APPLICATION FILED NOV.13. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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GHQ/4110110 UNTTED STATES PATENT GEEIGE.

JAMES PRESCOTT WALES, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

TRUNK-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 'o. 726,806, dated April 28, 1903. Application filed November 13,1902. Serial No. 131,281. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LJAMES PRESCOTT WALES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, inthe county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented a useful Article for Binding Trunks and Boxes of Value While in Transit, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in binders for trunk, boxes, or the like, and it will be understood by reference to the accomare looped, as at b, to engage the corners of the trunk. The size of said loops may be varied at will, and the loop may be separate from or secured to the wire'B, as preferred.

0 represents the tightener, which consists of a hub 0, having posts 0, projecting from this hub, and the arm 0 which arm terminates in the curved tongue 0 provided with holding-teeth 0 one of the wires, as shown in Fig.1. The said wires are secured to or pass over the posts 0.

It will be seen that by twisting the arm 0 to the left from the position shown in Fig. 1 the various wires will be tautened until when the desired tension is secured one of the teeth 0 engages in the corresponding wire and automatically locks the binder at the desired position. To release the same, it will only This tongue projects underbe necessary to spring the wire out of engagement with the teeth of the tongue and ease up on the arm 0. It will be obvious that one or more turn-s or parts of turns may be taken with the arm 0, so that the desired de- .I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination with a plurality of wires looped to pass over the corners of a trunk or box, of a tautening device, consisting of a hub provided with posts engaging said wires,

an arm for turning said hub, and means for locking said arm at the desired position, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a plurality of wires looped to pass over the corners of a trunk or box, of a tautening device, consisting of a hub provided with posts engaging said wires,

"an arm for turning said hub, and a curved tongue provided with teeth connected to said arm and engaging one of said wires, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JAMES PRESCOTT WALES.

Witnesses:

S. F. TETER, G. S. MASON. 

